Delores Topliff’s Wilderness Wife is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: “Indian Country, Central Canada, 1810. I kneel at the river cleaning the fish our Tom catches for our winter supply.” But first the photo and Scripture verse. This is actually a new verse to me. I don’t know how I’ve missed it, but I came across it in …
Dumbest Robbers Ever — Mystery Question
. Dumbest Robbers Ever is this week’s Mystery question. Do you ever wonder what a criminal thinks about after they do something as dumb as some of these? But first the photo and verse. When my friend, Cheryl Meints, showed me this photo she’d taken, I immediately thought of the verse in Psalm 42, which has long been a favorite …
Kelly Irvin’s Trust Me–Reader Friday
Kelly Irvin’s Trust Me is this week’s Reader Friday book. Here’s the first line: The cloying stench of pot told the same old story. But first the photo by Cheryl Meints and Scripture. The photo was taken on Cheryl’s trip to Bryce Canyon with her husband. You can see her amazing photos at her Corinth Rose website, and I believe …
Tools of the Trade–Mystery Question
Tools of the Trade is this week’s Mystery Question. In the past few years, new techniques have been invented and should make catching criminals easier. I say “should” because it doesn’t look like anything is slowing criminals down nowadays! But first, the photo and Scripture verse. The photo was taken late in the evening as the sun highlighted the clouds …
Time after Tyme — Reader Friday
Time after Tyme by Kay Dibanca is this week’s Reader Friday. I thoroughly enjoyed this mystery. Here’s the first line: The branch made a creaky noise when I crawled out onto it, and the ground looked really far away. But first the photo and Scripture verse. I snapped the picture of the buttercup (daffodils to others) Wednesday on my walk …
Successful Jail Breakouts –Mystery Question
Successful Jail Breakouts is this week’s Mystery Question. Every day prisoner try to escape from prison, but how often are they succcessful? First, the photo, another of my friend, Cheryl Meints’ fabulous shots, and the Scripture verse. I’ve been reading Job and came across this verse last week. I googled “I know where my Redeemer lives” and found this version …
Four Days Famous–Reader Friday
Four Days Famous by Luana Ehrlich is a fast-paced totally captivating mystery. Here’s the first line: Monday, January 3 I had a strategy in mind, an intricate plan, a method I’d carefully conceived and put together over a period of several days. When I read that, I couldn’t wait to see what would go wrong. 🙂 But first the photo and …
Are You A Sleuth?–Mystery Question
. . Are You A Sleuth is this week’s Mystery Question. I hope you like the switch from guessing the one correct answer from the ones I made up! But first the photo. One morning I had to be at physical therapy by 7:15 (where there’s a Sheepdoodle who almost scared the stew out of me when he thought it …
Richard Mabry’s Medical Mystery–Reader Friday
Richard Mabry’s Medical Mystery is this week’s Reader Friday. The first line: “The knuckle of the trigger finger was white with tension.” But first, the photo and scripture. The photo is another of my friend, Cherly Meints and if you haven’t had a chance to look at her webpage you can check it out here. I never tire of looking …
More They Did What? — Mystery Question
More They Did What? is this week’s Mystery Question. I cannot believe how dumb criminals are and how hard they sometimes work to be criminals… But first this week’s photo and Scripture. What better verse for 2022 than this one! After fasting and praying and hearing from God, King Jehoshaphat had enough faith to send the choir ahead of his …